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Bloom Ball – Dadecahedron Project Literary Work: Any Novel Purpose:To evaluation your ability to analyze a literary work on variety of levels Since a dodecahedron is a 12 – sided figure, this project will require you to analyze the novel using the six levels of Bloom’s taxonomy of thinking.Your Bloom Ball must have two sides that reflect each of his six types of thinking (2 X 6 =12).Bloom believed that thinking could be divided into six general categories: knowledge (recall), comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Basic levels: Knowledge (recall): this type of thinking is needed when you’re asked to remember and repeat Information already discussed in class or read about in a textbook.This level of thinking is most often used when you answer multiple-choice, matching, and fill-in-the-blank test questions. Comprehension: this type of thinking is needed when you’re asked to do more than merely recall information in list form.You will be asked to show that you comprehend information well enough to reword what you’ve learned into a paragraph or two.For example: if you’re asked to describe, explain, or summarize ideas or events, you will need to understand (comprehend) the information and then to retell what you’ve learned in a paragraph. Higher levels: Application: this type of thinking requires you to use what you’ve learned to locate, select, organize, or demonstrate.You must be able to make connections between past learning and the current situation. Analysis: this type of thinking requires you to examine or analyze information you’ve learned about a topic in order to arrive at a general conclusion or a more meaningful understanding.This level might ask you to compare, contrast, or give reasons (show cause and effect).You might also need to classify or categorize information in order to complete one of the processes listed above. Advanced levels: Synthesis: this type of thinking requires you to turn one form of material into a new form.Synthesis requires you to take information you already have and reshape it into something new.“What if. . .?”questions that ask you to invent, predict, redesign, blend, or hypothesize are asking you to synthesize information. Evaluation (judging); this type of thinking generally asks you to rate the value or decide the worth of information you’ve learned.You’re being asked to think like an expert on a topic, which is why this level requires the most advanced type of thinking.J Good Luck! Activities: Knowledge level:1) create you own book cover with author and title. 2) List 4-5 new vocabulary words and definitions you learned from the novel. Comprehension:1) Describe one main character’s physical appearance using words and illustrations. 2) Summarize what you have learned about the author in written and visual form. Application level:1) Write a journal entry for one character: . 2) Illustrate a pivotal scene from the novel in a 4-panel comic strip format. Analysis level:1) Compare and contrast two characters. 2) Design a time line to chronicle the plays’ major events. Synthesis level:1) Compose a personal letter to one of the characters. 2) Create a map of the stage that tracks the movement of your character Evaluation level:1) Evaluate the theme of this novel.How do the main characters portray this theme? 2) Rate the novel: persuade someone to read or not to read this novel.
Bloom Ball – Dadecahedron Project
Literary Work: Any Novel
Purpose: To evaluation your ability to analyze a literary work on variety of levels
Since a dodecahedron is a 12 – sided figure, this project will require you to analyze the novel using the six levels of Bloom’s taxonomy of thinking. Your Bloom Ball must have two sides that reflect each of his six types of thinking (2 X 6 =12). Bloom believed that thinking could be divided into six general categories: knowledge (recall), comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
Basic levels:
Knowledge (recall): this type of thinking is needed when you’re asked to remember and repeat
Information already discussed in class or read about in a textbook. This level of thinking is most often used when you answer multiple-choice, matching, and fill-in-the-blank test questions.
Comprehension: this type of thinking is needed when you’re asked to do more than merely recall information in list form. You will be asked to show that you comprehend information well enough to reword what you’ve learned into a paragraph or two. For example: if you’re asked to describe, explain, or summarize ideas or events, you will need to understand (comprehend) the information and then to retell what you’ve learned in a paragraph.
Higher levels:
Application: this type of thinking requires you to use what you’ve learned to locate, select, organize, or demonstrate. You must be able to make connections between past learning and the current situation.
Analysis: this type of thinking requires you to examine or analyze information you’ve learned about a topic in order to arrive at a general conclusion or a more meaningful understanding. This level might ask you to compare, contrast, or give reasons (show cause and effect). You might also need to classify or categorize information in order to complete one of the processes listed above.
Advanced levels:
Synthesis: this type of thinking requires you to turn one form of material into a new form. Synthesis requires you to take information you already have and reshape it into something new. “What if. . .?” questions that ask you to invent, predict, redesign, blend, or hypothesize are asking you to synthesize information.
Evaluation (judging); this type of thinking generally asks you to rate the value or decide the worth of information you’ve learned. You’re being asked to think like an expert on a topic, which is why this level requires the most advanced type of thinking. J Good Luck!
Activities:
Knowledge level: 1) create you own book cover with author and title.
2) List 4-5 new vocabulary words and definitions you learned from the novel.
Comprehension: 1) Describe one main character’s physical appearance using words and illustrations.
2) Summarize what you have learned about the author in written and visual form.
Application level: 1) Write a journal entry for one character: .
2) Illustrate a pivotal scene from the novel in a 4-panel comic strip format.
Analysis level: 1) Compare and contrast two characters.
2) Design a time line to chronicle the plays’ major events.
Synthesis level: 1) Compose a personal letter to one of the characters.
2) Create a map of the stage that tracks the movement of your character
Evaluation level: 1) Evaluate the theme of this novel. How do the main characters portray this theme?
2) Rate the novel: persuade someone to read or not to read this novel.